2015 Scarborough Borough Council election

The 2015 Scarborough Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Scarborough Borough Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2015 Scarborough Borough Council election^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	26	5	4	1	52	32.5	20,158
Labour	14	8	0	8	28	21.9	13,581
UKIP	5	5	0	5	10	21.6	13,408
Independent	3	0	11	11	6	8.3	5,137
Green	2	1	1		4	10.5	6,522
Liberal Democrats	0	0	3	3	0	5.2	3,233
National Front	0	0	0		0	0.0	11

Ward results

Castle

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Janet Jefferson*	872	51.1	−18.8
	Labour	Paul Cross	628	36.8	−2.1
	UKIP	Barret Wilson	402	23.6	N/A
	Green	Jason Mullen	380	22.3	N/A
	Conservative	Anthony Fawcett	327	19.2	−8.3
Majority
Turnout			1,707	54
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cayton

Cayton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Green*	1,100	43.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Roberta Swiers	1,054	41.9	+3.7
	Labour	James Brace	745	29.6	+7.5
	UKIP	Nicholas Henderson	673	26.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,534	71
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Billing*	706	42.9	+3.9
	Labour	Eric Broadbent*	590	35.9	+2.0
	UKIP	Deborah McDonald	344	20.9	N/A
	Conservative	Brenda Kaye	340	20.7	+3.4
	UKIP	Timothy Thorne	332	20.2	N/A
	Green	Christopher Phillips	234	14.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jacob Cook	194	11.8	−17.9
Majority
Turnout			1,646	51
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Danby

Danby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Pearson	686	55.1	−16.6
	Labour	Joan Snape	207	16.6	−11.7
	Green	Annette Hudspith	145	11.6	N/A
	UKIP	Michael King	145	11.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	George Dawson	63	5.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,253	74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Derwent Valley

Derwent Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jeffels*	1,435	55.7	−2.7
	Conservative	Heather Phillips*	873	33.9	+0.1
	Labour	Colin Challen**	581	22.5	N/A
	UKIP	Lee Crowley	569	22.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Lockwood	454	17.6	−4.8
Majority
Turnout			2,583	72
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Colin Challen was a sitting councillor for Castle ward.

Eastfield

Eastfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Randerson*	713	36.3	+8.1
	Labour	John Warburton	596	30.4	+5.5
	UKIP	Jonathan Dodds	564	28.7	*N/A*
	Labour	Joanne Maw	563	28.7	+1.7
	UKIP	Jordan Seston	535	27.3	N/A
	UKIP	Arthur Healy	522	26.6	N/A
	Conservative	Calvin Simmons	349	17.8	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Johannes Zegstroo*	219	11.2	−25.8
	Green	Josh Foskett	118	6.0	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,963	49
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Esk Valley

Esk Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Coulson*	1,384	55.7	−11.6
	Conservative	Phillip Trumper	939	37.8	−15.0
	Labour	John Chilton	562	22.6	+1.0
	Labour	Caroline Willder	448	18.0	N/A
	UKIP	Kenneth Hordon	435	17.5	N/A
	UKIP	Lawrence Waller	346	13.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,501	71
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Falsgrave Park

Falsgrave Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Ritchie*	724	35.9	−2.3
	Labour	Liz Colling	628	31.1	*N/A*
	Independent	Patricia Marsburg*	500	24.8	−14.7
	UKIP	Deirdre Abbott	477	23.6	N/A
	UKIP	Deirdre Bowen	466	23.1	N/A
	Green	Stuart Noble	291	14.4	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Ellis	250	12.4	+3.1
Majority
Turnout			2,037	56
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Filey

Filey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Cockerill*	1,554	48.1	−17.8
	UKIP	Sam Cross*	1,168	36.2	−19.3
	UKIP	Colin Haddington*	1,103	34.1	−18.1
	Conservative	Anthony Viney	1,004	31.1	−21.1
	UKIP	John Casey	907	28.1	N/A
	Green	Nicholas Harvey	587	18.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,295	61
	Independent hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Fylingdales

Fylingdales
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Mortimer*	630	52.0	−19.6
	Labour	Judith Dennett	277	22.9	−5.5
	UKIP	John Thistle	218	18.0	N/A
	Green	Peter Jordan	86	7.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,215	70
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hertford

Hertford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Godfrey Allanson*	1,300	49.7	−0.9
	Conservative	Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff*	1,230	47.0	+22.1
	UKIP	Janine Robinson	890	34.0	N/A
	Green	Patricia Walker	729	27.9	−39.0
Majority
Turnout			2,628	65
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lindhead

Lindhead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Backhouse*	964	73.9	−3.4
	Labour	Andrew Leak	340	26.1	+14.3
Majority
Turnout			1,331	74
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mayfield

Mayfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Chance*	1,014	41.9	+0.4
	Labour	Gerald Dennett	961	39.7	+0.5
	Conservative	Jane Kenyon-Miller*	875	36.2	−14.5
	UKIP	Neil Kipling	668	27.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,430	65
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Mulgrave

Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Harland*	795	40.9	−18.0
	Conservative	John Nock	558	28.7	*N/A*
	Independent	John Armsby*	494	25.4	−27.3
	UKIP	John Dickinson	410	21.1	N/A
	Labour	Diane Jeuda	353	18.2	−5.9
	Labour	Aileen Peake	309	15.9	N/A
	Green	Neil Bye	212	10.9	N/A
	Independent	Connie Peach	188	9.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,944	70
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Newby

Newby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Jenkinson*	1,260	36.5	+5.0
	Labour	Vanda Inman	1,102	31.9	+9.3
	Conservative	Luke Backhouse	1,034	29.9	−0.5
	UKIP	Andrew Smith	1,026	29.7	N/A
	UKIP	Graham Snelson	833	24.1	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas Miller	761	22.0	−5.9
	Green	Helen Kindness	686	19.9	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Hagan	503	14.6	+2.0
	Independent	Deborah Wiles	403	11.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			3,460	68
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Bay

North Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Price	726	37.2	+4.5
	Conservative	Martin Smith*	462	23.7	−6.4
	UKIP	Guy Smith	452	23.2	−2.1
	Conservative	Ros Fox	443	22.7	N/A
	UKIP	Susan Johnson	417	21.4	N/A
	Green	Katy Graley	340	17.4	+4.9
	Independent	Jo Swift	210	10.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,954	57
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northstead

Northstead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Maw	748	37.9	+3.8
	UKIP	Norman Murphy*	624	31.6	−3.7
	Conservative	Matthew Kay	586	29.7	+9.6
	Independent	Peter Popple*	550	27.9	−19.0
	UKIP	Bryan Thomas	336	17.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Cook	263	13.3	+5.8
Majority
Turnout			1,975	64
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

Ramshill

Ramshill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Siddons*	773	43.2	+16.3
	Green	Mark Vesey	550	30.7	+10.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Simmons	452	25.2	−6.1
	UKIP	Stuart Abbott	420	23.5	N/A
	Conservative	Teddy Sulman	407	22.7	−6.2
	UKIP	Chris Daniels	392	21.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John-Paul Zegstroo	196	10.9	−12.3
Majority
Turnout			1,795	61
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale

Scalby, Hackness and Staintondale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Bastiman*	1,305	50.9	−9.0
	Conservative	Hazel Lynskey	1,097	42.8	−8.0
	UKIP	Stuart Walker	631	24.6	N/A
	Labour	Subash Sharma**	495	19.3	N/A
	Green	John Munro	387	15.1	−3.6
Majority
Turnout			2,568	76
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Subash Sharma was a sitting councillor for North Bay ward.

Seamer

Seamer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Helen Mallory*	1,162	46.2	+3.5
	UKIP	Roxanne Murphy*	906	36.0	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kayleigh Bradley	499	19.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Jackman	403	16.0	−3.0
	Green	Michael Cutler	373	14.8	+0.9
Majority
Turnout			2,546	68
	Conservative hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

Stepney

Stepney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Bastiman*	640	28.9	+0.7
	Green	Dilys Cluer*	628	28.4	−5.0
	UKIP	Mark Harland	542	24.5	N/A
	Labour	Andy Lee	461	20.8	−0.2
	Green	David Hugh-Malone	433	19.6	+1.3
	Labour	Colin Barnes	429	19.4	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alix Bartlett-Cook	166	7.5	−2.2
Majority
Turnout			2,217	66
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green hold		Swing

Streonshalh

Streonshalh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Barnett	681	36.4	+7.1
	Conservative	Sandra Turner*	555	29.7	−8.6
	UKIP	Mike Ward	550	29.4	N/A
	Labour	Paul Tulloch	469	25.1	−1.8
	Conservative	Dorothy Clegg*	421	22.5	−10.0
	Green	Amanda Smith	214	11.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,879	54
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weaponness

Weaponness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas Fox*	743	36.9	−13.8
	Conservative	Callam Walsh	677	33.6	−18.9
	Labour	Chris Head	528	26.2	+8.5
	UKIP	Sean Hunter	392	19.5	−3.0
	Green	David King	360	17.9	+3.3
	UKIP	Frank Wright	327	16.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Natasha Cook	316	15.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,019	70
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitby West Cliff

Whitby West Cliff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Plant*	833	44.2	−6.0
	Conservative	Alf Abbott*	721	38.3	−1.4
	Labour	Noreen Wilson	622	33.0	+10.6
	Labour	Heather Relf	580	30.8	+10.3
	UKIP	Derek Robinson	505	26.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,895	60
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodlands

Woodlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Moody	648	34.8	−8.6
	Independent	William Chatt*	554	29.8	−13.8
	Conservative	Jennifer Kelly	425	22.8	+2.7
	UKIP	Phil McDonald	397	21.3	−4.8
	UKIP	John Elwell-Sutton	355	19.1	N/A
	Green	Gabrielle Naptali	202	10.9	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Bowdidge	110	5.9	−2.2
	National Front	Trisha Scott	11	0.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout			1,869	57
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Notes

References

^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^ "Scarborough Borough Council 2015 - Thursday, 7th May, 2015". Scarborough Council. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[TEC-1] "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.

[2] "Scarborough Borough Council 2015 - Thursday, 7th May, 2015". Scarborough Council. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

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